Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
National Language
Lithuania
  
Lithuania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
Similar To
Latvian
  
Latvian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Ačiū
  
Ačiū
  
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
  
Kaip sekasi?
  
Good Night
Labanakt
  
Labanakt
  
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
  
Labas vakaras
  
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
  
Laba diena
  
Good Morning
Labas rytas
  
Labas rytas
  
Please
Prašom
  
Prašom
  
Sorry
atsiprašau
  
atsiprašau
  
Bye
Ate
  
Ate
  
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
  
Aš myliu tave
  
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
  
Atsiprašau
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Lithuania
  
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Aukštaitian
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Lithuania
  
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Curonian
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
  
lietuvių kalba
  
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
French Name
lituanien
  
lituanien
  
German Name
Litauisch
  
Litauisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
  
Lithuanians
  
Origin
c. 1503
  
c. 1503
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Baltic
  
Baltic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
  
Lithuanian
  
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lt
  
lt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lit
  
lit
  
ISO 639 2/B
lit
  
lit
  
ISO 639 3
lit
  
lit
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
lith1251
  
lith1251
  
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
  
54-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Lithuanian and Lithuanian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Lithuanian and Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Lithuanian language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lithuanian vs Lithuanian Difficulty
The Lithuanian vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Lithuanian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Lithuanian and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.